History WesternAnimation / YosemiteSam

* WouldHurtAChild: In "WesternAnimation/HoneysMoney", he tries to get 7-year-old Wentworth killed by tricking him into grabbing a ball from the street and releasing alligators into a pool before he gets in.

* BerserkButton: [[HairTriggerTemper Many]], but one that is constant is that when he gives an order like say for example to stop running, you better do it ''immediately''.
-->'''Yosemite Sam''': [''trying to stop animal''] Whoah! ''Whoah''! [''grabs bludgeoning weapon''] When I say "whoah!", ''I mean "whoah!"'' [''[[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals knocks out animal]]'']

- ->'''Yosemite Sam''': [''trying to stop animal''] Whoah! ''Whoah''! [''grabs bludgeoning weapon''] When I say "whoah!", ''I mean "whoah!"'' [''[[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals knocks out animal]]'']

* HairTriggerTemper: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MYiIYBzrsc&list=PLFPBJZerHfE6WfVvdco9ucjM_s92Dd7G5&index=3 "Blow My Stack"]], His first musical number, in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' revolves around his temper. The 1960 short "From Hare to Heir" has Bugs exploit Yosemite's problems with anger management by deducting from his 1 million pound inheritance for each time he is observed (or even rumored to be) losing his temper (of course, [[TricksterMentor with Bugs aggravating him at every turn)]].

* KnightOfCerebus: Pre-VillainDecay, he was this [[DownplayedTrope compared]] to Elmer Fudd, as Elmer was an IneffectualSympatheticVillain and Yosemite Sam, while still clownish, acted out of malice.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He has a habit of abusing the animals he works with whenever they disobey him, which makes it even easier to root against him. The victims of his wrath include an elephant, a mule, a camel and even a dragon.

Yosemite Sam is a cartoon character starring in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies''. Having an intense hatred of rabbits, he is an ArchEnemy of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

* {{Angrish}}: "Raggar fraggar friggin frazzer" is one of his catchphrases. He turns it UpToEleven in "WesternAnimation/FromHareToHeir".

Yosemite Sam was introduced in 1945 by Creator/FrizFreleng as a less sympathetic enemy for Bugs Bunny than the rather mellow and well-mannered WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd. As an aggressive bully with a fondness for shootin', Sam gives Bugs moral license to unleash his KarmicTrickster on him without losing any audience sympathy. Sam was one of the rare characters to see exclusive use by only one of the Termite Terrace directors -- his creator, Freleng (save for "Dumb Patrol", which was directed by Freleng's longtime animator, Gerry Chiniquy). He never appeared in any Creator/ChuckJones or Creator/RobertMcKimson cartoons, with two exception: "Hare-Abian Nights", a ClipShow directed by Ken Harris (an animator from Jones' unit) featuring archive footage from Freleng shorts, and "From Hare to Eternity", a short from the 1990s directed by Jones as a tribute to the then-recently deceased Freleng.

* NiceHat: A very large, light-colored cowboy hat.

* ADayInTheLimelight: ''WesternAnimation/HoneysMoney'', the only short to feature Sam as the main protagonist and not contain any other Looney Tunes characters.
* DealWithTheDevil: Quite literally in ''Devil's Feud Cake'', as well as "Satan's Waitin'," an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyShow''. In both cases, Sam is killed and sent to Hell and has to deliver Bugs in order to stay on Earth. His efforts are presented through StockFootage.

** The 1952 short "Oily Hare" has a character named Devil Rich Texan who has the exact same personality and voice, a similar design, and even yells “OOOOOH!” when angered. The biggest differences are that his mustache is black, doesn’t cover his entire face, and he lacks a mask around his eyes.

** The Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises short ''Pancho’s Hideaway'' features the bandit Pancho Vanilla, in terms of personality, role and design, Pancho's largest differences are his darker facial hair and Mexican accent.
** The 1952 short ''Oily Hare'' has a character named Devil Rich Texan who has the exact same personality and voice, a similar design, and even yells “OOOOOH!” when angered. The biggest differences are that his mustache is black, doesn’t cover his entire face, and he lacks a mask around his eyes.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He and a black-haired lookalike brother are pitted against WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck in ''WesternAnimation/AlongCameDaffy''.

* WorthIt: Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/HoneysMoney'' (see its own entry); subverted in ''WesternAnimation/HareTrimmed'' (when he beats a hasty retreat at the altar). Curiously, the former involved a $5 million inheritance and the latter was $50 million.

* WouldHurtAChild: In ''WesternAnimation/HoneysMoney'', he tries to get 7-year-old Wentworth killed by tricking him into grabbing a ball from the street and releasing alligators into a pool before he gets in.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He and a black-haired lookalike brother are pitted against WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck in "Along Came Daffy".

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Bugs' two most notable enemies, Sam's Manly Man and Elmer's Sensitive Guy. Clearly based on temperament.

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* WesternAnimation/AlongCameDaffy
* WesternAnimation/BuccaneerBunny
* WesternAnimation/HighDivingHare
* WesternAnimation/BigHouseBunny
* WesternAnimation/RabbitEveryMonday
* WesternAnimation/BallotBoxBunny
* WesternAnimation/FourteenCarrotRabbit
* WesternAnimation/HareLift
* WesternAnimation/HareTrimmed
* WesternAnimation/CaptainHareblower
* WesternAnimation/SaharaHare
* WesternAnimation/RomanLegionHare
* WesternAnimation/RabbitsonCrusoe
* WesternAnimation/AStarIsBored
* WesternAnimation/KnightyKnightBugs
* WesternAnimation/WildAndWoollyHare
* WesternAnimation/FromHareToHeir
* WesternAnimation/LighterThanHare
* WesternAnimation/HoneysMoney
* WesternAnimation/DumbPatrol
* WesternAnimation/HareAndLoathingInLasVegas

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** "I hates rabbits."

Sam has been portrayed either as a prospector, outlaw, pirate, cowboy, {{black knight}}, etc., depending on the cartoon, sometimes with a different alias if the setting isn't based on Western. At heart, he stays a (usually gunslinging) cowboy, anyway.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: In ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', his last name is revealed to be Rosenbaum. Perhaps his nickname, Yo'''semite''' was a clue all along.

* TheOtherDarrin: For his appearance in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', since Sam's loud, gruff voice became too hard on Mel Blanc's weakening chords, the character was voiced by Creator/JoeAlaskey (who even received credit for the role at the end of the film). Since then, the short-tempered cowboy has been brought to life by the likes of Creator/JeffBergman, Creator/GregBurson, Creator/FrankGorshin, Creator/CharlieAdler, Creator/BillFarmer, Creator/JimCummings, Creator/JeffBennett, Creator/EricBauza, Creator/FredTatasciore, Creator/MauriceLaMarche, Creator/SethMacFarlane and others.

* IHaveManyNames: Shanghai Sam, Sam von Schmamm, Riff-Raff Sam, Sam Schultz, [[AmbiguouslyJewishvSamuel Rosenbaum]], etc.

* IHaveManyNames: Shanghai Sam, Sam von Schmamm, Riff-Raff Sam, Sam Schultz, etc.